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Whether you've filled up your old Rolodex or simply want to update the look of your stationery set, a new Address Book is always a good idea. This year we've introduced five new cover designs into this popular collection, so no...
Thanks to everyone who voted in the first round of this re-release challenge! Four of most popular retired designs are moving on to the next round. If you want to make sure it's your favourite that gets reproduced, be sure...
For the first celebration of our 25th year, we're re-releasing one of our most popular retired designs. We've selected these eight possibilities to get things started, but now it's up to you. The winning design will be revitalised using...
Did you know that we launched our first Paperblanks collection in 1992? That was the year we released a simple “line list” of bound journals featuring 18th-century botanical illustrations, Elsa Warnick wildflower paintings and classic imagery from Japan’s famed...
Original Artwork: Michiko Kamee’s “full of chrysanthemum” Kyo-Satsuma teacup Era: Contemporary Region: Kyoto, Japan Our Kikka journal reproduces Michiko Kamee’s “full of chrysanthemum” design originally handpainted with gold overglaze and colour on china by employing Kyo-Satsuma. In this Paperblanks book cover design...
If flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. Our Painted Botanicals journals feature images of orchids, wisteria, lilies and daisies, rendered by some of the finest illustrators in the...
Embellished Manuscripts Collection – Tagore, Gitanjali Original Artwork: Rabindranath Tagore’s handwritten Verse 44 from Gitanjali Era: Early 1900s Region: India In the space where intellect and heart combine is where you will find the writings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941). A Bengali polymath, Tagore...
A Venetian morning is alight with marvels. From sunlight sparkling on water to the startling hues of incomparable architecture, Venice enchants the eye from first light to last gloaming. We have captured some of the splendid daybreak palette of...
Embellished Manuscripts Collection – Schubert, Erlkönig Original Artwork: Franz Schubert’s Der Erlkönig Era: early 1800s Region: Austria Franz Peter Schubert (1797–1828) was born in Austria to a musical family who imbued him with a love of the lied – a nineteenth-century style of...
Inside the original 1910 version of our Daphnis & Chloe journal cover design lay one of the oldest and most effortlessly romantic stories ever written. This gilt and crushed levant morocco binding by Émile-Philippe Mercier contained Jacques Amyot’s French translation...